In the poem "The Road Not Taken"‚ author Robert Frost uses the simple image of a road to represent a person’s journey through life. A well-established poet‚ Frost does a proficient job of transforming a seemingly common road to one of great importance‚ which along the way helps one identify who they really are. This poem is one of self-discovery. Frost incorporates strong elements of poetry such as theme‚ symbolism‚ rhyme scheme‚ diction‚ imagery‚ and tone to help create one of his most well known
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Robert Frost was one of the most popular and critically respected American poets of the 20th century. He was a modernist who was skilled at representing a wide range of human experiences in his poems. Three times Pulitzer prize winner and the Congressional Gold Medal recipient‚ Frost was appointed as Poet Laureate of Vermont in 1961. Readers are likely to interpret his poems in many different ways depending upon their emotional state. Among the three poems assigned for the reading‚ I was much impressed
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emotional or spiritual‚ will help them to determine what their purpose is in life. As depicted in Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken”‚ the narrator underwent an emotional journey after coming to a fork in the road as he was walking through the woods. He wants to travel down both roads‚ but knows that is not possible and begins to contemplate which road he should take. As he looks down both roads‚ he tries to differentiate the two by saying one is greener than the other‚ but comes to the realization that
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Benjamin Liang Poem Analysis – The Road Not Taken People make choice every second‚ for instance‚ where should I go to lunch‚ KFC or McDonald’s? “The Road Not Taken” is a well-known poem about choice. Though it’s really brief‚ it told us a vital truth; the direction the one take in life will determine one’s future. Thus‚ people have to think about their choice carefully. In addition‚ it simply says that choice is inevitable‚ but you never know what your choice will cause until you have lived it
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"The Road Not Taken" and "Birches" are two poems by Robert Frost seemingly inspired by nature. Robert Frost was a poet who lived from 1874 to 1963. His poems can be related to the book Into the Wild. Into the Wild is a story about the life and death of Chris McCandles covered by Jon Krakaur who is somewhat of a nature enthusiast himself. In "The Road not Taken" Frost talks about a fork in the road and seeing that he is only one person he has to choose one path over the other‚ after thinking for
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A Mortal Phoenix During the 1930s‚ many African Americans in the South lives in the segregation‚ suffers poverty‚ lack of education and low social statuses. Living in such society‚ Mrs. Phoenix – the protagonist of the story “a Worn Path” and an African American – stands out as a phoenix that rises from its dust. Her vital physical and social “weaknesses” do not strike her down but instead highlights her persistence‚ dignity‚ sympathy and her selfless love to her grandson. She is‚ however‚ a mortal
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Robert Frost’s Poetic Techniques Uniquely Used in "The Road Not Taken" Robert Frost utilizes several poetic techniques to reveal the theme in his poem‚ "The Road Not Taken"‚ which is stressing the importance the decision making of one is‚ regardless of whether or not it is agreement with the resolution of their peers‚ and how it can affect their future. The techniques exercised in this piece of work are symbolism‚ imagery‚ and tone. Symbolism is the most powerfully used technique due to the fact
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Chris Mizelle Ray 8 September 04 English 2 "A Worn Path" "A Worn Path" is‚ in my opinion‚ a very good story. It tells of an old black woman and the struggles she’s had to deal with throughout her life. The author names the woman Phoenix after a mythological bird that died and then came back to life through its ashes which makes it immortal. The author makes the woman "immortal" because she continues to have something to live for‚ her grandson‚ whom she apparently considers her biggest gift
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“The Road Not Taken” Analysis I think that in “The Road Not Taken”‚ Robert Frost uses the fork in the road to represent humanity’s choices. We will always have to choose in our life and we will always eventually meet a fork in the road. In this circumstance the author is stuck with two choices. “Then took the other‚ as just as fair‚ / And perhaps having the better claim” (Frost 6-7). This path represents the “easy way out” because it was given the “better claim.” Then in stanza 4 he says‚ “I shall
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The Road Not Taken - Robert Frost TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood‚ And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler‚ long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; 5 Then took the other‚ as just as fair‚ And having perhaps the better claim‚ Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same‚ 10 And both that morning equally lay
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